Best Family movies of 1970s

No Deposit, No Return(1976)

Combined Rating:
5
Combined Critics Rating: 0

After finding out that their mother is going to be working through another school holiday, two children are shipped to spend the holiday with their Grandfather. On their way to their ...



The Call of the Wild(1972)

Combined Rating:
5
Combined Critics Rating: 0

A house dog is abducted and brought to the north as a sled dog.



The World's Greatest Athlete(1973)

Combined Rating:
5
Combined Critics Rating: 0

A down on his luck coach travels to Africa where he spots the world's greatest athlete - a white Tarzan-type. The coach brings him back to the U.S. of A. to compete.



Gus(1976)

Combined Rating:
5
Combined Critics Rating: 0

The California Atoms are in last place with no hope of moving up. But by switching the mule from team mascot to team member, (He can kick 100 yard field goals!) they start winning, and move...



Maugli(1973)

Combined Rating:
5
Combined Critics Rating: 0

See Mowgli now! Mowgli will inspire young, artistic and musically minded audiences everywhere with it's original score, fantastic animal costumes, and lively ballet...and of course, the incomparably inspiring Alexander Prior.



Seeta Aur Geeta(1972)

Combined Rating:
5
Combined Critics Rating: 0

Long-suffering heiress Seeta is treated worse than a servant by her abusive money-grubbing aunt. Meanwhile, her long-lost twin sister Geeta grows up to be a gutsy street-performer. One day, the girls unintentionally swap places.



Du är inte klok, Madicken(1979)

Combined Rating:
5
Combined Critics Rating: 0

Madicken is a Swedish girl from the upper level family, growing up during the time of first world war which did not include Sweden. She lives happily with her family, experiencing the world and making brave and crazy things.



One of Our Dinosaurs Is Missing(1975)

Combined Rating:
5
Combined Critics Rating: 0

Lord Southmere escapes from China with a microfilm of the formula for the mysterious "Lotus X", and is captured by Chinese spies who have been instructed to retrieve the microfilm from him....



Snowball Express(1972)

Combined Rating:
5
Combined Critics Rating: 0

When John Baxter inherits a ski resort in the Rocky Mountains, he quits his job in New York and moves the family west to run it. Only to find that the place is a wreck. But together they ...



Joi Baba Felunath(1979)

Combined Rating:
5
Combined Critics Rating: 0

This is the second film about the detective Feluda (Soumitra Chatterjee) set in the holy city of Benares, where he (along with his cousin, Topshe and friend, Lalmohan Ganguly) goes for a ...



Pufnstuf(1970)

Combined Rating:
4
Combined Critics Rating: 0

Young Jimmy is being pursued by the evil Wilhemina W. Witchiepoo. More specifically, Witchiepoo is after Jimmy's small friend, a small solid gold diamond encrusted talking flute named ...



Dívka na kosteti(1972)

Combined Rating:
4
Combined Critics Rating: 0

Saxana has the enthusiasm, but lacks the right talent to become a witch. So she's kept in for 300 years - nothing unusual for a sorceress' school. Being bored, she skims through the ...



Hot Lead and Cold Feet(1978)

Combined Rating:
4
Combined Critics Rating: 0

This saga of the old west involves twin brothers who compete for possession of a rickety cow town founded by their father while a crooked mayor tries to put an end to the competitors so he can inherit the town himself.



Mili(1975)

Combined Rating:
4
Combined Critics Rating: 0

A reclusive, depressed man and a bubbly young woman fall in love but then find out that she has cancer.



La flûte à six schtroumpfs(1976)

Combined Rating:
4
Combined Critics Rating: 0

A villain named McCreep steals the Smurfs' magic flute, an instrument that makes people dance wildly, and uses it to rob them. The Smurf King sends out Peewit to track down the thief and retrieve the flute.



Haathi Mere Saathi(1971)

Combined Rating:
4
Combined Critics Rating: 0

Orphaned Raju, in the company of four elephants, has to perform with them at street corners, in order to keep alive. Slowly he amasses a fortune, and is able to build his own private zoo, ...



Na samote u lesa(1976)

Combined Rating:
4
Combined Critics Rating: 0

The Lavicka's, a Czech family from the city, rents a house in the country with the option to buy. However, old Mr Komarek seems reluctant to sell the house as they agreed.



The Blue Bird(1976)

Combined Rating:
4
Combined Critics Rating: 0

A pair of peasant children, Mytyl and her brother Tyltyl, are led on a magical quest for the fabulous Blue Bird of Happiness by the Fairy Berylune. On their journey, they are accompanied by...



Treasure Island(1972)

Combined Rating:
4
Combined Critics Rating: 0

Young Jim Hawkins has an unforgettable encounter with pirate Captain Long John Silver and his murderous mates.



The Water Babies(1978)

Combined Rating:
4
Combined Critics Rating: 0

This children's fantasy tells the story of a 12-year-old boy who discovers a complex underwater world where young children are held prisoner by an evil shark and an eel.




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